Leading owners and operators headline Los Angeles Hotel Summit by AHICE program

by James Wilkinson

Over 20 of America’s leading owners, investors, operators and tourism leaders are headlining the speaker program at the 2025 Los Angeles Hotel Summit by AHICE, being held at Regent Santa Monica Beach on Wednesday December 10.

The half-day Los Angeles Hotel Summit by AHICE will have panel sessions, Q&As and keynotes with leading hotel and travel industry executives and over 100 leaders are expected to be in attendance.

The Los Angeles Hotel Summit by AHICE will have sessions from 2:30pm to 5:00pm before a networking event from 5:00pm to 7:00pm sponsored by IHG Hotels and Resorts that will include California wines and an acoustic performance from award-winning artist Toby Rand.

Speakers confirmed to take the stage at the Los Angeles Hotel Summit by AHICE include:
• BOB WALSH, Full-Service and Lifestyle Hotel Development – California and Hawaii, Wyndham Hotels and Resorts
• CLAUDIA WARD, Head of Marketing and Customer Success – US, HUB OS
• COOPER JITTS, Founder, Talk Agency
• DANA DEBEL, Managing Director, State and Local Government Affairs, Delta Air Lines
• DHIREN MASTERS, Investment Strategist, RREAF Holdings
• EDDY NEVAREZ, Managing Director of Investments, National Hospitality Division, Marcus & Millichap
• GREGORY DAY, Managing Director, Malibu Beach Inn
• JOHN BEREAN, Senior Vice President – Hawaii & Northern California Region Leader, HVS
• LEE ABBAMONTE, FOX News Travel Expert and the youngest American to travel to every country in the world
• MARCO SCHERER, Regional Director of Operations, IHG Hotels and Resorts, and General Manager at Kimpton Palomar Los Angeles
• MICHAEL STATHOKOSTOPOULOS, Senior Director of Hospitality Analytics, CoStar Group
• MICHAELA GUZY, Host, Oh the People You Meet and travel expert
• NICK RIMEDIO, General Manager, W Hollywood
• ROSSANA WANG, COO and Founder, Aristara
• SAM JAGGER, General Manager, Maybourne Beverly Hills
• TARAN PATEL, Managing Principal, A-1 Hospitality Group
• TOBY RAND, lead singer of Ashenmoon, RadioXX and Juke Kartel

Topics to be covered at the Los Angeles Hotel Summit by AHICE include operations, development, real estate, tourism and technology, while Lee Abbamonte will talk about his journey that has taken him to every country globally and Toby Rand will discuss his quest to have more hotels globally featuring local musicians.

The Los Angeles Hotel Summit by AHICE is the fourth global Summit event for 2025, following successful events in London, Sydney and Perth and alongside seven global AHICE conferences this year.

The final 30 tickets are now on sale for the event and are available at https://ahiceconference.com/summit/losangeles/

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